virgator

Latin

Etymology

From virga (“stick”) +‎ -tor (“-er”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /u̯irˈɡaː.tor/, [u̯ɪrˈɡäːt̪ɔr]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /virˈɡa.tor/, [virˈɡäːt̪or]

Noun

virgātor m (genitive virgātōris); third declension

flogger; whipper

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	virgātor	virgātōrēs
Genitive	virgātōris	virgātōrum
Dative	virgātōrī	virgātōribus
Accusative	virgātōrem	virgātōrēs
Ablative	virgātōre	virgātōribus
Vocative	virgātor	virgātōrēs

References

“virgator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
virgator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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